Holidays.....

Well, we headed to Colville on the 22nd to spend Christmas with my family. Jon and the kids picked me up after work and we headed out. Maggee had had a cough and seemed to be coughing quite a bit. I pondered getting her an appointment for Tuesday morning before we left.....just to make sure she just had a cold...but we ended up just heading out. We got to Colville about 8:00 on that evening of the 22nd. Maggee did not sleep well at all that night. We decided to take her into the Dr. the next morning. Upon getting there, they checked her oxygen levels. The first nurse that we had was far from pleasant and clearly did not know the best way to do this with a baby. I tried to tell her, but she did not like my advice. She wrote Maggee's level down as 65....really??? Well, 65 means Maggee would be blue(she needed to be 93 and above)...so I don't think so. I was so irritated with this woman, I wanted to choke her....and I don't usually get like that....but my baby is sick! So, a much more reasonable nurse came in to try it. I told her how it works best for Maggee and she did it...and it worked.....but her reading was in the 80's. Dr. Johnson came in and told me that she does not sound good, her fever is up and oxygen levels are down. We are thinking Pneumonia and he told me he would be admitting her into the hospital. Small tears for a minute just because I was nervous....but I knew that there are plenty of children much more sick than Maggee and we are just going to the hospital for a short stay to make her better. Dr. Johnson said she would probably get out on Christmas Eve...which means one overnight. I could do that. Meanwhile, Jon is at my mom's with the worst head cold that he has ever had. I told him to stay there in bed and my mom took care of getting him meds and making him stay in bed while I was in the hospital. On Christmas Eve, Maggee was much better and so was Daddy. Jon came and picked us up and we went back to my mom's at about noon that day. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve with my dad at his house and then back to my mom's in the late morning of Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas there as well. On Sunday, we headed to my brother, Jason's house, for Gregory's birthday party with friends and family on the east side. What a wonderful day that was as well. With the truck full to the top, we headed home on Monday. Gregory has now been sick today. He has a yucky tummy. We are going to the dr tomorrow for his yearly checkup, so we will see what they say about this little bug of his then. Maggee will also see the dr in the morning to just follow up and check out her lungs.... I am hoping they will say we can stop the multiple breathing treatments every day. We are supposed to do it for 10 days and she hates it. It takes 15-20 minutes per time. So, there we are in a nutshell. We are actually great, even though it does not sound real good. We just need to get the kiddos healthy. I am thankful that it happened when I was off of work for a couple of weeks. We hope to all be 100% healthy on Saturday when Gregory will have a little birthday party with his friends at 2 and then to Aunties for a family party at 5. Busy Busy!
I want to end this with our thoughts going out to the Hall and Blackman family. Little Gregory Hall is a very sick little boy. He is pretty much sedated now to manage his pain. They are expecting that he will be passing away within a couple of days. Childhood cancer is such an ugly ugly thing!!

Tis the season.....

We are having so much fun trying to fit in all the goes with the Christmas season. With our fun, we have also worked on helping to get the kiddos healthy. We have had our share of sick kids, that is for sure. Today, I wrapped up every unwrapped gift that needed wrapping in the house. We are most of the way done with our shopping. We just need to get a few more things. Gregory and Maggee are both having such a good time. Tonight, we went out and looked at Christmas lights. We saw some amazing lights. Such fun! Last week, our niece Taylor came over and we built both a gingerbread house and a gingerbread train. Every day, we have an elf who watches over our house and reports to santa at night. Gregory and Maggee both enjoy looking for the elf in the morning since he finds a new place to sit every day. The surprise of all surprises is that neither kiddo has tried to mess with the tree or any presents under it. Gregory does have a list 47 miles long for Santa. We have had to have the talk about how santa will just bring a few things, but not everything that he wants. We hope that goes ok. We are sure it will. Gregory is also getting very excited about his birthday and turning 3. We can not believe he is turning 3 already. Maggee is talking more and more all of the time. She is saying some things very clearly. It is so very cute when she talks. She is a happy little baby and we love to watch Maggee and Gregory interact. They absolutely adore each other. This year, we will be heading to Colville after I get out of school on the 22nd. We will spend Christmas there and then to Spokane on the 27th for a birthday party for Gregory at my brother's house. We will then head home on the 28th.